The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-10-08
MONTANA NEWS.

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to the Lewiston, Idaho, agency.
Two hundred head Of stock sold recent
ly in Custer county for $l8 per head.
Beaverhead county has formed socie-
ty Of pioneers, embracing all the old
timers of the county.
A masked man burglarized the resi-
dence Of Judge Llppencott OF Butte last
Saturday of about $500 worth Of valua-
bles
The Helena base ball club leaves next
week for Spokane, Portland, Seattle and
Victoria to play with the teams Of these
cities.
An employe in one Of the Butte brew
cries, named G. w. Nelson, was found
dead Monday morning, lying on box.
His death resulted from excessive drink.
Two hundred and eighty-one cars of
cattle from Montana arrived at the Min
nesota transfer Monday morning over the
Northern Pacific consigned to Chicago
parties.
The warehouse of G. Remington at
Miles City, occupied by A. W. Church
s. Co., for the storage Of buggies and
sleighs, was destroyed by fire "Wednesday
morning.
An insane man going from Minneapo-
lis to the coast, jumped off the cars at
Arlee Saturday, but was caught and
brought to Missoula. He was taken to
the asylum.
The contract for building the new gold
and silver mill for the Apex Mining COM
pany, some twenty miles south of Butte,
has been awarded to D. F. McDevitt. The
mill Will cost about $4,000.
Butte and Anaconda have raised fund
Of $2,53S.5O for the relief Of the families
Of the victims in the recent accident In
the Gould & Curry mine, in Nevada. The
money has been forwarded to Virginia
City.
Billings Gazette: Proposals are want
ed for building stable and post quarter
masters quarters at Fort Keogh, M. /.
Specifications can be had by applying to
Chas. B. Thompson, lst 1t. and R. Q. M.
5th Inf Ft. Keogh, NJ. T.
Members of the Butte bar have formu-
lated and are circulating petition to
President Cleveland, asking the appoint
ment Of Stephen DeWolf as judge OF that
district TO succeed Judge Galoraith, whose
term Of office will soon expire.
The preliminary examination at Great
Falls of Merritt Havens, charged with the
murder of his wife, resulted in his being
committed to await the action of the grand
iury. The first story was that Mrs. Havens
committed suicide, but sufficient evidence
was found to cause very plausible sus-
picion of murder.
At Helena Tuesday morning John Ken
ma died of dropsy. He was an old resi-
dept of the territory and highly respect
cd citizen. In 1881 he was elected may
or Of the capital city, being the first occu-
pant of that office. In 1882 ne was elect
ed treasurer of Lewis and Clarke county
on the republican ticket.
Rising Sun: A half-breed named mon
tana," who lives four miles above Burd's
place on Dupuyer, lost twenty seven head
Of horses last Friday night. The thieves
are supposed to be either Crows Or Black
feet Indians. He tracked them northwarc
to near the old Healy road and then aban
doned pursuit and is now to get soldiers
to assist him in recovering his horses.
The works of the Alice mine at Butte
one Of the most productive mines in the
silver city, were closed on Monday, throw
ing out Of employment several hundred
miners. This shut down was brough
about because of the excessive freight
rate charged upon salt. The Alice MINE
has been in operation eleven years and II
that time has paid out IN wages over three
million dollars.
A cave occurred in the St. Lawrence
mine at Anaconda, Friday of last week
The fall of rock was an extensive one, abou
100 tons in all. Several miners were a
work in the drift at the time of the cave
but all succeeded in getting out of tn
way, with the exception Of William O'Neil
who stumbled and fell IN the attempt
near the edge Of the falling mass. III
iniurles are about the head and chest, an
are Of a serious if not fatal character.
i A girl baby, apparently only fey
hours old, and wrapped in an old dress
was left on the door step Of Mr.. and Mr.
f Petit at Butte on Thursday night. Th
child was alive, but it is not probabl
that it will live. No clue to the indent
ty of the person leaving it there has bee
found, except that two women heavil
muff1ed and with child under cloa
were seen in that vicinity shortly befor
i 4ha fonndlinr was discovered.